Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Mycalina > Family Merliidae > Genus Merlia

Merlia deficiens Vacelet, 1980

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MerliaKirkpatrick, 1908accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Vacelet, J. 1980. Squelette calcaire facultatif et corps de régénération dans le genre Merlia, éponges apparentées aux Chaetétidés fossiles. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris (D) 290: 227-230.

additional source

Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984a. Deficient Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908, from the Curaçao reefs, with a discussion on the phylogenetic interpretation of sclerosponges. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 54 (2): 211-219.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Merlia deficiens. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168480

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2007-07-06 by Rob van Soest

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